Welcome to Environmental Studies

A Student-Designed Multidisciplinary Major/Concentration

The 2010 General Ecology class atop Mt. Eisenhower with Mt. Washington in the background, taken on 9/11/10.  The group Flags on the 48 remembers the victims of 9/11 by flying a flag on all 48 of the 4000+ ft peaks in NH on each anniversary.

The Environmental Studies Program at Holy Cross is a multidisciplinary, student-designed major and concentration run by the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies. The aim of Environmental Studies is to allow students to assemble a series of courses that bridges three or more disciplines and that provides a comprehensive understanding of environmental issues. Students are expected to study the causes, mechanisms and effects of environmental problems by investigating the relevant natural processes and the interplay between the environment and social, political and economic institutions.

Contact:

Prof. William V. Sobczak, Director
wsobczak@holycross.edu
508-793-3752

Karen Todd, Administrative Assistant
ENVS@holycross.edu
508-793-3485